Times are tough for everyone. Even former Faith No More frontman, Chuck Mosley. He’s been so impecunious recently that he’s announced he Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food, which also happens to be the title of his latest solo effort. But, don’t let the title fool you: the album goes above and beyond the rather limited boundaries that that Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food implies. And frankly, that’s a good thing — especially considering the fact that the musical stylings of the aforementioned “rap” generally has me rolling my eyes and shouting “Learn how to play a chord, will ya!”
Archive for 23 September, 2009
Bill Engvall releases Aged And Confused October 6
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in Music, UncategorizedTags: Bill Engvall, Blue Color Comedy, Comedy, Jack Records, live performance, stand-up, Warner Bros. Records, white trash humor
The thing that makes any entertainer successful is the ability to connect with an audience. It’s the quality of sharing the humor in everyday situations that has made Bill Engvall one of the top comedians today and among the busiest.
Bill is starring in and executive producing the new half hour sitcom for TBS entitled “The Bill Engvall Show.” The show centers on Bill as the father at the core of a family comedy. The series’ debut telecast on July 17, 2007 delivered 3.9 million viewers and 2.8 million households, securing a place among ad-supported cable’s Top 3 sitcom telecasts (original or acquired) of all time among households and Top 5 original sitcom telecasts of all time among key adult demos and viewers.
Annie Mac kicks off her North American tour tomorrow
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in Event, MusicTags: Annie Mac, Austin Texas, DJ, Event, Los Angeles, Music, New York, San Franciso, Toronto Canada, tour, Vancouver Canada
Ever since purchasing her first decks at university, Annie Mac has DJ’d at parties for the love of it. Her skills tightened with residencies at small clubs, and much like her first forays into broadcasting, were honed anonymously. Today, she plays all over the world, and brings her favorite DJs and bands with her. After five years at the forefront of BBC Radio One’s specialist output with her show “The Mash Up,” Annie Mac has recently earned herself the much-coveted role of ‘officially starting the weekend’ every Friday evening – with Pete Tong stepping down from his Friday night sessions to make way for Annie Mac, whose keen ear for a banger, wicked mash-ups, and refreshing disregard for genre snobbery have solidified her as one of the most refreshing figures in electronic music.
Captiol/Emi’s “From The Capitol Vaults” vinyl campaign continues November 3
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in Event, MusicTags: announcement, Capitol Records, David Bowie, EMI Records, Faust, Frank Sinatra, LP, Music, The Band, The Beach Boys, vinyl
Put the needle in the groove! Capitol/EMI’s high quality “From The Capitol Vaults” U.S. vinyl campaign continues November 3 with the limited edition, 180-gram vinyl release of 11 classic, standout albums from EMI Music’s celebrated catalog.
Capitol/EMI’s November 3 “From The Capitol Vaults” releases, all previously out of print on vinyl, include The Band’s Cahoots and Stage Fright, The Beach Boys’ Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) and Today!, David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, and Young Americans, Faust’s Faust IV, and Frank Sinatra’s Come Dance With Me!, Come Fly With Me, and In The Wee Small Hours.
Based on the Irish play by acclaimed writer Joseph O’Connor and directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, the darkly comedic drama offers a tour-de-force showcase for McDowell as Enda Doyle, a university librarian, poet, and rascal who is the flawed patriarch of a dysfunctional family struggling to come to terms with his death and with one another. Unfolding amidst a haze of cigarette smoke and uneaten food as Enda’s family gathers in Dublin for his wake, RED ROSES AND PETROL explores the emotional dynamics of familial relationships with sharp humor and surprising turns.
Midsomer Murders: Set 13 releasing September 29
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in TVTags: Acorn Media, British, Drama, Jason Hughes, John Nettles, Midomer Murders: Set 13, mystery, series, television, TV
Offering four contemporary, stand-alone mysteries from the top-selling British mystery franchise, Midsomer Murders, Set 13 debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on September 29, 2009. The feature-length mysteries in Set 13 have not aired in the U.S. and are available to U.S. audiences for the first time with their DVD release. Continually reaching new heights of popularity, Midsomer Murders counts Johnny Depp and even the Queen among its ardent fans. According to Britain’s Daily Express, Her Majesty never misses an episode, and Depp became a fan while shooting Sweeney Todd. Millions of fans agree; the cleverly conceived mysteries and subtle humor make it one of Acorn’s top-selling titles, year after year.
Foyle’s War: From Dunkirk To VE-Day streets September 29
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in TVTags: Acorn Media, British, Drama, Michael Kitchen, mystey, PBS, series, television, TV, WWII
Featuring the first collection of the universally acclaimed WWII detective series starring Michael Kitchen, Foyle’s War: From Dunkirk to VE Day (Sets 1-5) arrives on DVD from Acorn Media on September 29, 2009. One of the most highly acclaimed and popular programs on PBS, Foyle’s War features 19 riveting mysteries set against the backdrop of real World War II history. Foyle’s War, Set 1 is Acorn Media’s No. 1 best s elling DVD, with all five sets ranking in the top 20 life to date. The 19-Disc Collection features all of the series’ previously aired episodes (Sets 1-5), spanning the dark days of Dunkirk (1940) to Victory in Europe (1945), as well several bonus features, including exclusive interviews, and making-of documentaries, in a new, slimmed down configuration.
Acorn Media re-releases the original Traffik September 29
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in TVTags: acclaimed, Acorn Media, British, Cult, Drama, Julia Ormand, mini-series, television, Traffic, Traffik, Traffik: 20th Anniversary Edition, TV
Newly remastered edition of the universally acclaimed British miniseries, Traffik 20th Anniversary Edition arrives on DVD from Acorn Media on September 29, 2009. Inspiring Steven Soderbergh’s Oscar®- winning film, this riveting 6-part drama won an International Emmy®, BAFTA, and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series. Seen on PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre in 1990, the miniseries stars Bill Paterson (Little Dorrit, Smiley’s People), Lindsay Duncan (Rome, Under the Tuscan Sun), and Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall) in her extraordinary film debut. This newly remastered 2-volume DVD edition brings the acclaimed series to life more vividly than ever before.
Muse hits No. 1 with “The Uprising” on MTV
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in Music, TVTags: "The Uprising", alternative rock, MTV, Muse, music video, The Resistance
The video for “Uprising,” the first single from Muse’s new album The Resistance, will premiere in the U.S. on MTV starting at 3AM, opening AMTV on Thursday, September 17th. The video, which was directed by New York’s Hydra, will also premiere that day on MTV2, mtvU, MTV Hits, MTV.com, MTV Tr3s, VH1.com, and Logo. The video will also be available all day on mtvmusic.com.
Thomas Jane’s directorial debut, Dark Country hits DVD October 6
Posted: 23 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: announcement, Dark Country, Drama, Horror, Lauren German, Ron Perlman, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, suspense, Tab Murphy, Thomas Jane, Thriller
This Halloween season, buckle your seat belts for a terrifying ride into DARK COUNTRY, the new horror thriller from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, debuting on DVD October 6, 2009. A nail-biting suspense film in the vein of Lost Highway and The Twilight Zone, DARK COUNTRY stars Thomas Jane, headliner of HBO’s hit series “Hung” and The Punisher. Jane also makes his directorial debut with this tense thriller, which recalls the film noir classics but injected with the turbo charged thrills modern audiences have come to love from the horror genre.
